Jenna Hortopanu said she wouldn’t change a thing about downtown Greenville.

"I love downtown Greenville, the places we have and the places being added,” said Hortopanu.

She said when she decided to live downtown, she expected it to get loud and boisterous from time to time.

“It’s a good medium between sophisticated and fun,” said Hortopanu.

But not everyone feels that way, and now the city is looking at making some changes.

Two downtown Greenville residents said they hear fights and profanity into the early hours of the morning.

Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle, who is also on the Greenville Nightlife Committee said it may have to do with the 45 bars the city has given exceptions to to stay open past midnight. That’s about half the bars in the downtown district.

The city says it’s time to be more selective about who it awards those exceptions to.

"We now have in addition to the new nightlife committee, a new technical committee that meets with the restaurant owner and asks if bars are training employees on alcohol service, and if bars have security," said Ryberg Doyle.

She said the city is also considering giving new bars a six-month probationary period to stay open until 2 a.m. If there are no problems, they can continue to operate that way. If there are issues, they will have to close earlier.

"We are trying to look at those and make sure they are serious about security, safety and good business,” said Ryberg Doyle.

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